Development and initial validation of a family appraisal of caregiving questionnaire for palliative care

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 613-622

  Cooper, Brian ^a   Kinsella, Glynda J ^b   Picton, Cliff ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiver burden; Caregiving appraisal; Family caregiving; Home based palliative care; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY APPRAISAL OF CAREGIVING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PALLIATIVE CARE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33746305843     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1001     Document Type: Article

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